Combination box and bed device.



PATENTED JULY 17, 1906.

A. ATKINSON. COMBINATION BOX AND BED DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAE. 5, 1906.

WITNESSES INYENTOR Br jlfi'e'a 4am? 91 UNITED STATES ALFRED ATKINSON, OF

PATENT OFFICE.

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

-ratentecl July 1'7, 1906.

Application filed March 5,1906. Serial No. 304,202.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED ATKINSON, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, residing at Manchester, Lancashire, England, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Combination Box and Bed Devices,of which the following is a specification, such as will enable thoseskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

his invention relates to combination box and bed devices designedfor-display and other urposes; and the object thereof is to provi e animproved dolls and adapted to also serve as a dolls bed; and with thisand other objects in view the invention consists in a device of theclass specified constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved combination box and bed and showmg the device in position foruse as a bed, and Fig. 2a longitudinal section showing the device whenused as a box or receptacle.

In the practice of my invention I provide an oblong box, case, orreceptacle a, which may be composed of any desired material and thesides and ends of which may be decorated or constructed in any desiredmanner, and said sides may also be composed of openwork material, ifdesired, and in one end of the box or case a is secured at a a foldingmember I), which is adapted to be held in an upright position, as shownin Fig. 1, in which position it forms a headboard of a bed, and to befolded into the box or case a, asshown in Fig. 2.

Secured transversely of the bottom of the box or case a at apredetermined distance from the folding member I) is a transverse cleator strip 0, and secured to the bottom front portion of the foldingmember I; is a supplemental folding member d, which when the foldingmember I) is raised, as in Fig. 1, rests a ainst the transverse cleat orstrip .0 and hollls said folding member in a raised position, and thesupplemental folding member d is also adapted to be folded horizontallybeneath the folding member 6 when the latdevice of this classparticularly designed for use as a receptacle for I ter is folded in thebottom of the box or case a, as shown in Fig. 2.

The free end portion of the folding member b is provided with adetachable arm 6, which is adapted to be connected therewith by means ofprojecting ears (2 secured to said folding member, said arm beingprovided with a downwardly-directed pin e which passes through saidears. The arm 6 is designed to serve as a support for bed-curtains, saidcurtains being indicated in dotted lines at f.

I In Fig. 2 I have shown the device in the form of a box or caseprovided with a 'cover g, and, as hereinbefore stated, my improvement isprimarily used as a display box or case for dolls and also as a bed fordolls, and

in practice the combination box and bed or a number of them may be madeup, and each is provided with a doll, and in Fig. 2 a doll his shown inthe box or case. The above description applies to the manufacturers ordealers in devices of this class, and a combination box or bed is soldwith each doll, and whenever it is desired to convert the device into adolls bed the cover 9 is removed, the folding member I) is raised intothe position shown in Fig. 1, the supplemental folding member d is alsoplaced in the positionshown in Fig. 1, and a pillow, one of which isindicated at i in Fig. 2, is placed on the supplemental folding memberd, and the device is then ready to serve as-a bed and the doll is placedtherein.

It will be understood, of course, that the arm e is connected with thefolding member I), as shown in Fig. 1, and the bed-curtains (indicatedin dotted lines atf) are suspended thereover.

I have also shown at j in Fig. 2 a coverlet, sheet, or similar device,and in practice a number of these may be employed, and a mattress mayalso be placed in the box or case, if desired.

As thus constructed it will be seen that the device may be convertedinto a box or case, whenever necessary, in which the doll may be placed,or into a bed whenever desired, and any desired quantity, number, orstyle of bedding, bedclothing, and the like may be provided.

Having fully described my invention, what claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. A device of the class described,comlIO prising a box or case provided at one end with a folding memberadapted to be held in an upright position and to be folded into the boxor case, means for holding said member in an upright position, and adetachable arm connected with said upright member and projectinglongitudinally over the box or case, substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a box or case, a foldingmember secured in one end thereof, a supplemental folding member securedto the bottom of the first-named folding member and adapted to hold itin an upright position and also to serve as a pillow-support, and adetachable arm connected with the upright member and projecting when inposition longitudinally over the box or case, substantially as shown anddescribed.

3. A combination box and bed, comprising an oblong box or case, afolding member secured in one end thereof and adapted to be held in anupright position, a cleat or strip secured to the bottom at apredetermined distance from said end, a supplemental folding membersecured to the first-named folding member and operating in connectionwith said cleat or str'p to hold the first-named folding member in anupright position, said supplemental folding member being also adapted toserve as a pillowsupport, an arm adapted to be connected with thefirstnamed folding member and to project longitudinally over the box orcase, said arm being adapted to serve as a curtain-support,substantially as shown and described.

4:. A combination box and bed, comprising an oblong box or case, afolding member secured in one end thereof and adapted to be held in anupright position, a cleat or strip secured to the bottom at apredetermined distance from said end, a supplemental folding membersecured to the first-named folding member and operating in connectionwith said cleat or strip to hold the first-named folding member in anupright position, said supplemental folding member being also adapted toserve as a pillow-support, an arm adapted to be connected with thefirstnamed folding member and to project longitudinally over the box orcase, said arm being ada ted to serve as a curtain-support, an

sai box or case being also provided with a removable cover,substantially as shown and described.

5. A combination box and bed for the purpose speoified, comprising anoblong box or case, a folding member secured in one end thereof andadapted to be held in an upright position, a supplemental folding membersecured to the bottom of the first-named folding member and ada ted toserve as a pillowsupport, and a curtaln-support secured to thefirst-named folding member when the latter is in an upright position,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in

resence of the subscribing witnesses, this 16th day of February, 1906.

' ALFRED ATKINSON.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM FREDERICK ELLISON, MARY ELLEN HOYLAND.

